3 arrested in connection with Anaheim gang killing

ANAHEIM – Three men were arrested on suspicion of killing an 18-year-old Anaheim man early Saturday morning.

Irving Castillo Jimenez was shot multiple times in the upper body in the courtyard of the Portofino Cove apartment complex in the 800 block of North Loara Street about 2:30 a.m. He later died from his injuries at UCI Medical Center in Orange.

Witnesses told police that Jimenez was involved in an altercation at a nearby Circle K convenience store, and police reported they were investigating the incident as gang-related, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.

Police arrested three Anaheim men about 2 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of West North Street on suspicion of murder. The men are Luis Arturo Calderon, 27, and brothers Eric Sanchez Lopez, 27, and Casey Sanchez Lopez, 22.

The men face street-terrorism gang enhancements if convicted and are being held in the Anaheim Police Department jail without bail, Dunn said.